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I'll Stand By Until the Morning

Representative Text

1 Fierce and wild the storm is raging
Round a helpless bark,
On to doom 'tis swiftly driving
O'er the waters dark!

Chorus:
Joy, behold the Saviour;
Joy, the message hear;
"I'll stand by until the morning;
I've come to save you, do not fear;"
Yes, I'll stand by until the morning;
I've come to save you; do not fear, do not fear.

2 Weary, helpless, hopeless seamen,
Fainting on the deck,
With what joy they hail their Saviour,
As he hails the wreck! [Chorus]

3 On a wild and stormy ocean,
Sinking neath the wave,
Souls that perish heed the message,
Christ has come to save! [Chorus]

4 Daring death thy soul to rescue,
He in love has come;
Leave the wreck, and in him trusting,
Thou shalt reach thy home! [Chorus]

Source: The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book: for use in divine worship #1194

Author: D. W. Whittle

[Also published under the pseudonym El Nathan.]… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Fierce and wild the storm is raging
Title: I'll Stand By Until the Morning
Author: D. W. Whittle (1878)
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Joy, behold the Savior
Publication Date: 1878
Copyright: Public Domain

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